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<span class=large>HOSEA</span>
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CHAPTER 14
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In the last days, Ephraim shall repent and return unto the Lord.
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O israel</span>, return unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God; for thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 13: 9 (9-14).">fallen</a> by thine iniquity.
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Take with you words, and turn to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive <i>us</i> graciously: so will we <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 59: 8.">render</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="hosea/14/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 51: 17.">calves</a> of our lips.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Assyria.">Asshur</a> shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="hosea/14/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Hosea 5: 13.">save</a> us; we will not ride upon <sup>c</sup><a href="hosea/14/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 31: 1; Hosea 1: 7.">horses</a>: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, <i>Ye are</i> our gods: for in thee the <sup>d</sup><a href="hosea/14/3d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 10: 14.">fatherless</a> findeth mercy.
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&#182; I will heal their backsliding, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Love.">love</a> them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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I will be as the <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 2; Hosea 6: 4; D&C 128: 19.">dew</a> unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
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His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">olive</a> tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive <i>as</i> the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof <i>shall be</i> as the wine of Lebanon.
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Ephraim <i>shall say,</i> What have I to do any more with idols?  I have heard <i>him,</i> and observed him: I <i>am</i> like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
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Who <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="hosea/14/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 107: 43.">wise</a>, and he shall understand these <i>things?</i>  <sup>b</sup><a href="hosea/14/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prudence.">prudent</a>, and he shall know them?  for the <sup>c</sup><a href="hosea/14/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Ne. 1: 19; 2 Ne. 31: 19 (19-21).">ways</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>are</i> right, and the just shall <sup>d</sup><a href="hosea/14/9d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Walking with God.">walk</a> in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
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